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JC Penny Firing Lots of Managers - Are You in the Line of Fire?

Do Intrapreneurial Leaders Better Avoid Layoffs?

Like many organisations JC Penny is making big layoffs with its managers.

What I found interesting in this Business Insider article is the reference to how appraisal results don’t actually appear to be the factor in the source’s case as to how was laid off and who wasn’t.

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FREE Webinar - Leaders: Build Trust & Performance with Talent Dynamics

Intrapreneurial Leaders: Book your place now

This is a complimentary live webinar for leaders, managers and directors of teams who want to develop themselves and their teams to be more intrapreneurial while building more trust with each other and customers. It will share some of the latest thinking on building trust and performance, followed . . . → Read More: FREE Webinar – Intrapreneurial Leaders: Build Trust & Performance with Talent Dynamics

Take Action on International Day of Trust

Today is the International Day of Trust and I wanted to share some thoughts for those of you who are wondering how in a practical sense you can build more trust with your teams and clients.

Stephen Covey in his seminal book ‘Speed of Trust’, talks about three ways to build trust; credibility, character and . . . → Read More: Take Action on International Day of Trust

Reaping The Rewards After Restructuring, Redeployment And Redundancy

For some people it must seem like a merry-go-round when they experience the upheaval of round after round of restructuring, redeployment and redundancies. Every few years the company is turned upside down and yet often doesn’t seem to gain the benefits.

This must cause a lot of confusion to those in charge. They do their . . . → Read More: Reaping The Rewards After Restructuring, Redeployment And Redundancy

Top Tips for Giving Negative feedback

Giving Negative Feedback

A Modern intrapreneur will always look at the reality of a situation, including when somebody is not performing. I came across this article and thought it would be useful as there’s some great advice in there: 5 Tips for giving positive Negative Feedback

Negative Feedback and Flow

The one thing it doesn’t mention . . . → Read More: Top Tips for Giving Negative Feedback

Talent Dynamics Video

I’ve had a few people recently say that they really wished I’d been with them in a meeting where they would like to recommend the work I do! They could tell that there were underlying problems that would be addressed if the managers and teams in question were in their flow and working together as . . . → Read More: Talent Dynamics Video

Could Becoming Intrapreneurs Make a Difference to Women Leaders?

An International Women’s Day Special for women leaders

I was very interested to read some of the statistics below on weareequals.org* as part of International Women’s Day. Let me say before anyone gets riled up that I am not advocating that women leaders take over the world (fun experiment though that may be!), just that we . . . → Read More: Could Becoming Intrapreneurs Make a Difference to Women Leaders?

You never listen! Why ignoring your team in Decision Making could land you in trouble…

Are ignoring others when decision making?

Not Listening When decision making?

Have you ever felt that your boss didn’t listen to you, or has your team ever accused you of not listening to them in decision making?

Research now demonstrates that this indeed can be the case (see http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1903943)  and that there are several significant . . . → Read More: You never listen! Why ignoring your team in Decision Making could land you in trouble…

Intrapreneurs: Top Ten Reasons Why Companies Fail to Keep Their Top Talent

Are Your intrapreneurs Leaving in Droves?

I thought I’d share this Forbes.com article on ‘Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail to Keep Their Best Talent’ with you so you can ensure that as an intrapreneurial leader/manager you are not falling into these traps and loosing your best intrapreneurs.

I believe that your top talent probably are . . . → Read More: Intrapreneurs: Top Ten Reasons Why Companies Fail to Keep Their Top Talent

35% of UK Employees Experiencing an Unreasonable Level of Work Stress

Work Stress: UK Employees at 35%

Work Stress at a 4-year high

I was shocked, yet not surprised that the report featured in HR Magazine revealed such a high figure of workplace stress.

The impact of high work stress levels include increased absenteeism and lower productivity – both negatively impacting the bottom line. For individuals, . . . → Read More: 35% of UK Employees Experiencing an Unreasonable Level of Work Stress